COMENIUS PROJECT – 4TH ESO 2010
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ‘WATER ANALYSIS TASK’
  1. WHAT PUPILS DID THE COMENIUS TASK?
  2. WHAT TEACHERS WERE COORDINATING THE TASK?
  3. WHAT TYPE OF WATER WAS ANNALYSED?
  4. HOW WAS THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER MEASURED?
  5. WHAT WAS THE TEMPERATURE?
  6. WHAT ABOUT THE METHOD FOR PH?
  7. THE HARDNESS OF THE WATER WAS….
  8. CONCERNING THE TRANSPARENCY, THE WATER WAS:
  9. WHAT DID THEY ADD TO THE CHLORIDE IONS?
  10. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CONTAINER USED TO PUT THE WATER IN?

Then,the teachers designed one multiple choice test for the virtual platform based on a more advanced level of content:

THE TAP WATER ANALYSIS TEST

MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST

Answer the questions about the tap water analysis
(only a choice is correct)

1. If the tap water has got a pH of 7.5, it means that …..

It is a bit acid
Tap water is always neutral because it is water
It is slightly basic
It is a strongly basic

2. We measure pH with the pH meter and the indicator paper …..

Both methods are equally precise
The pH paper must be calibrated in order to work properly
The pH meter must be calibrated in order to work
The pH meter needs drying among measurements
3. When the tap water has a lot of bicarbonates ….
It is pH is acid
It is always 7
It is transparent
It is slightly basic
4. For a correct measurement of tap water temperature….

It is better to use a clinic thermometer because it is very precise
The measured temperature of the tap water depends on the external temperature
We must leave the thermometer inside the water for 15 minutes for a precise measurement
The thermometer precision depends on the minimum temperature that it can measure

5. With reference to the temperature of the tap water …

The measured temperature does not depend on the quantity of water which has been taken
The temperature must be measured as soon as you open the tap
The temperature depends on the level of chlorides
pH 7 has got higher temperature than pH 6
6. With reference to hardness of tap water …

The tap water boils at 100º no matter its hardness
It depends on the country's soil where it has been measured
Hardness has nothing to do with the washing powder consume
The lower the hardness, the higher the electrical conductivity of the tap water



7. With reference to the transparency measurement of the tap water with laser light …

Tap water has got similar transparency to the distilled water
We use laser light because it spreads better in water compared with the ordinary light
The water hardness modifies its transparency
The chloride sparkles of the running tap water can't modify its transparency

8. To determine the chlorides of the tap water through silver nitrate and sodium chromate …

Silver nitrate is used to form silver chloride which is soluble
Silver chromate has got a white colour
The dissolution of silver nitrate volume is measured with pipette
The change of colour is produced when we consume the chloride ions and when the silver chromate is formed


Designed by Manuel Veamonte and Begoña Pardo . I.E.S. “Pedro Cerrada”. Utebo (Zaragoza). SPAIN

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